Social Sciences, Other

1,617 students earn a social sciences, other credential each year across 87 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $36,548
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $55,720

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Bachelor's programs — 77 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland207$36,2791 year out$64,123$20,500 2University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California193$61,1091 year out$113,294$15,000 3New York UniversityNew York, New York106$35,7721 year out—$20,188 4University of Southern MainePortland, Maine59$35,4181 year out$42,725$24,825 5University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California56—1 year out——6University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington40$30,5841 year out$62,975$19,307 7University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois39—1 year out——8The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee39$28,1941 year out$39,854$26,375 9Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York37$34,8451 year out$76,126$26,000 10Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey36$51,7531 year out$78,247$25,000 11California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California35$28,9311 year out$45,522$17,000 12Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts32$48,2431 year out$77,557—13University of RochesterRochester, New York27$37,4911 year out$72,566$21,366 14University of California-RiversideRiverside, California26$39,9341 year out$61,806$17,833 15Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut25—1 year out——16Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande, Oregon25$42,3471 year out$40,162$29,750 17Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania25$42,8441 year out$48,764$27,000 18Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan23$28,4421 year out$50,863$24,821 19University of Maine at Presque IslePresque Isle, Maine20—1 year out——20Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts20—1 year out——21Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland19$33,9931 year out$63,145$27,000 22University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin19$32,8601 year out$46,147$25,125 23Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana16—1 year out——24Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania15$45,5091 year out——25University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts14—1 year out——26CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York14$37,9191 year out$61,792—27Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania14$35,5681 year out$41,108$27,000 28Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts13—1 year out$63,593$25,500 29Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania13—1 year out$42,821—30University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama12—1 year out$50,950—31Prescott CollegePrescott, Arizona12—1 year out——32Russell Sage CollegeTroy, New York12$27,4361 year out$56,727$26,865 33Felician UniversityLodi, New Jersey11—1 year out——34University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania11—1 year out$49,452—35Agnes Scott CollegeDecatur, Georgia10—1 year out—$27,000 36University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania9—1 year out——37University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, Pennsylvania9—1 year out$49,452—38University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——39University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——40Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico9—1 year out$21,195—41Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania9$45,1401 year out$48,944$31,000 42Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois7$42,0231 year out$55,720$32,824 43Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington7—1 year out——44Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California6—1 year out——45Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana5—1 year out——46Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5—1 year out——47Elmira CollegeElmira, New York4—1 year out——48Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——49Concordia University TexasAustin, Texas4—1 year out$51,381—50University of La VerneLa Verne, California3—1 year out—$36,519 51Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado3—1 year out——52Morningside UniversitySioux City, Iowa3$35,1881 year out—$27,000 53New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico3—1 year out——54Marywood UniversityScranton, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——55Simmons College of KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky3—1 year out——56Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——57Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, Oklahoma2—1 year out——58Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——59Humphreys UniversityStockton, California1—1 year out——60Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota1—1 year out——61Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire1—1 year out——62Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York1—1 year out——63Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——64University of California-DavisDavis, California—$45,1781 year out$65,669$12,790 65Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois——1 year out$40,462—66Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois0$39,0541 year out—$26,500 67Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts—$22,8291 year out——68Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan0$37,4081 year out$61,895$27,000 69CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York0$54,2651 year out—$12,500 70St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York—$32,9331 year out$65,549$27,000 71SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York0—1 year out$49,590—72SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York0$15,2731 year out$38,252—73SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York0$40,5371 year out$56,736$19,500 74University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island—$36,5481 year out$60,260$23,732 75Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustin, Texas——1 year out—$50,249 76University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington—$30,5841 year out$62,975$19,307 77Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia——1 year out$36,870$27,000

Associate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma70$31,1271 year out$46,402$11,967 2Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma33—1 year out—$10,441 3Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California2—1 year out——4Eastern Oklahoma State CollegeWilburton, Oklahoma1—1 year out——5Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona——1 year out$39,995—

Certificate programs — 8 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts75—1 year out——2Southwestern CollegeWinfield, Kansas17—1 year out——3Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana7—1 year out——4Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona5—1 year out——5University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin4—1 year out——6Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California1—1 year out——7Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia1—1 year out——8University of Southern MainePortland, Maine1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).